“Once upon a time” all was harmonious in the paradise of Creation. Every living thing stood in the fullness of GOD’S intended purpose; and the purpose for all life was simple: live to the service of others. Herein lies the greatest joy. As long as angels and man focused their intelligent attention to the study of GOD’S subservient love towards His Creation, aspiring to its full understanding, GOD would remain forever praised and exalted as 'The Elite Minister' of this Love.

     When GOD created life He created a vast spectrum of creatures from the most simple to the most complex. He assigned to each a specific duty accompanied with a psychological/emotional constitution whose greatest joy was to be found in fulfilling that specific duty—all under the umbrella of subservient love. Through this balance of nature all would be peaceful and constant.

     But then it happened: “And there was war in heaven…” Rev.12:7. This war, inaugurated by the competitive iniquity of Satan [the once great “covering cherub” of GOD (Eze.28:16)], came to our world, took it over, and presently dominates the life of earth. Every creature cries for deliverance from life’s oppression, anguish and death: all carried out under Satan’s iron fist. It is sad to think of how so many men are willfully ignorant to the simple framework of Laws through whose obedience would insure the security of every creature.

     But by man’s constant succumbing to temptation, Satan’s jurisdiction increases making it more and more difficult to escape because violating GOD’S Law always hardens the heart against GOD’S call to obedience and thus fulfills Satan’s perverted desire to bring hardship and affliction to the life of these individuals. He first leads men to serve him, but then he betrays their service and destroys them. Men are so deluded to think that any benefit exists by living a sinful life. It is only on the knowledge of Heavenly Laws that we are to build our understanding and discipline. But man has chosen another set of laws, built upon a foundation of sand.

     Said the Savior, “And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.” Matt.7:26,27. Ruin has become the chosen destination of the unrepentant among men. And by our leaders perpetuating the free use of sin, our civilization is literally committing suicide.

     To focus our passion for truth about the GOD of Creation is the most rewarding endeavor to the human conscience. The accumulation of understanding who He is and what He stands for is the greatest wealth that can be bestowed upon any man or woman in a death bound world.
     Does the beauty of GOD’S truth draw grateful tears and caress you in the morning? Does His humbling yet encouraging knowledge cradle you in the evening? The truth I’m referring to is a working knowledge creating faith in a living GOD—a GOD who lives to serve, not take! This is the true wealth and joy in life, and its knowledge surpasses all the things that selfish men state as being the epitome of life in a fading world.

     What is a brief 70 years of selfish pleasure when compared to an eternity of mutual peace, safety and exploration of all the things you truly desire to learn. You cannot fulfill your aspirations in a mere 70 years. GOD gave you hopes and dreams that only eternity can fulfill!

     A long time ago, there was a span of time before stars, angels, and man when GOD sat alone on His throne. This infinite span of time called Eternity Past was devoted by our Creator to one purpose and one purpose alone according to Jesus Christ: “that your joy might be full.”

     Should the world continue another generation the day is soon to come when your breath will cease. What do you carry in your heart as you enter the sleep of death? Multitudes only carry pride, and memories of fulfilled lusts that never truly satisfy or bring rest to the soul. Will your epitaph read, “He lived for the welfare of others—for the poor, the sick, the ignorant to life’s true lessons?" The legacy we leave behind is based on how we define what true love is. To most, their definition of love is the antithesis of the Law whereby we are safe with one another.

     Oh, that people understood the true intentions of the “prince of this world” and the sophistication of his betrayal against them! Most of mankind will discover, only at the end of earth’s present history, when they stand before GOD in the resurrection judgment, that they were only pawns carrying out the purposes of Satan, because they chose not to make revisions in their values and elevate the true nobility GOD ordained for them to have: a nobility their hearts deeply desired to understand and explore its boundaries of expression. GOD loves His children too much to give heed to the spirit of indifference to their heart’s hidden cry, even though most are deaf to their own true desires.

     This is why I write, as a fellow sinner in need of Grace, because GOD has promised us, the human race, that there is to be a restoration of this world. And if we make ourselves vulnerable to His ways, as identified in every parameter of the Holy Bible, we will never be betrayed. All who genuinely cry to GOD never cry in vain as Christ promised: “Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast him out.” “I am the way, the Truth and the Life.” “He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me.”

     But the life-style most preferred is selfish at its core: a form of self-exaltation that is identical to the temptation that Jesus Christ faced when “the devil taketh Him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth Him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; and saith unto Him, All these things will I give thee, if Thou wilt fall down and worship me.”

     Imagine, an angel telling his own Creator to worship him! Always remember, the leading attribute of Jesus Christ is that “He created all things.” Over 800 verses of the Bible verify this. Only our Creator and "Everlasting Father" could save us from the power, condemnation and presence of the sin that presently rules this world.

     GOD did not create you to die but death has become the choice of most who continue to exalt sin to the throne of their lives. Because men hold on to sin they will have to be destroyed with their sin; for all sin must perish. If Christ is not allowed to bear it the sinner must bear it. This is why GOD calls all men to "Repent:" to separate from the sins that threaten the life of the soul, and allow the One Who died in order to bury our sins in the grave and leave them there. Jesus must be allowed to bear them—by faith.

     When men choose to remain deaf to His “still, small voice,” whose tender tugs upon the conscience become weaker and weaker until His voice is no longer heard, they have, at that point cast away the only method GOD could legally reach the heart and the mind. It has ever been the deep-reach of the Holy Spirit into the citadel of the soul with gentle, loving tugs, saying to every man, woman and child the precious words of Christ, “Follow Me.”

     It’s not too late for some. There is still time before the world divides into the two classes of men: one righteous and the other unrighteous: those with "the seal of GOD," and those with "the mark of the beast." “The kingdom of heaven” is still reaching for multitudes of teachable men and women, to become a part of a living tapestry of riches and knowledge that all the wealth of earth, the fulfilled lusts of our depraved flesh, and the vain glory of unholy pursuits, cannot compare: “As it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard; neither hath entered into the mind of man the things that GOD hath prepared for them that love Him.”

Said Jesus, “If ye love Me, keep My commandments.”

     To be held in torturing shackles in some dark, cold dungeon with the companionship of the knowledge of Christ’s great love is infinitely better than sitting on the throne of the world without it!